Health

[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/EN83hen4D-Y” width=”590″ modestbranding=”1″ autohide=”1″ fs=”1″ border=”1″ hd=”1″] A provision in the final budget (Appropriations Act of 2014) allows trained non-medical personnel to administer the anti-allergy medication epinephrine to school children who show signs of anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis is a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction that can occur within minutes of exposure to anything a […]

[youtube_sc url=”http://youtu.be/17NMkNDiZYc” width=”580″ modestbranding=”1″ autohide=”1″ fs=”1″ border=”1″ hd=”1″] House Bill 1220 is named in honor of 6 year-old Haley Ward from Carteret County, who suffers from CDLK-5, a disorder which causes dozens of intractable daily seizures. After being prescribed over ten medications with little progress, the Ward family began seeking alternative treatments that might allow […]

House Bill 498 — Autism Health Insurance Coverage — would require private health insurers in North Carolina cover the diagnosis and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Legislation providing for autism health insurance coverage has been introduced in the General Assembly twice in recent years, but both times failed to gain enough support to even make […]

Thanks to House Bill 74 — The Regulatory Reform Act of 2013 — hotels will now be required to install carbon monoxide detectors in rooms that are in close proximity of gas and oil-fueled space heaters, fireplaces and other appliances. Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas that is colorless, odorless, and tasteless — making it […]

House Bill 683, The Commonsense Consumption Act, helps protect North Carolina’s small businesses from frivolous and costly lawsuits. Specifically, the legislation says that food manufacturers, product advertisers, and businesses that sell food cannot be held liable in civil suits involving any health problems associated with being overweight. Twenty-five other states have similar obesity liability laws. […]

The North Carolina House of Representatives voted unanimously on Monday, May 13 to ban the use, manufacturing and sale of synthetic cannabinoids — synthetic marijuana. (A “cannabinoid” is a class of chemical compounds in the marijuana plant that bind to receptors in the brain, and the cannabinoid [Delta] 9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, is the primary psychoactive […]